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Australia’s largest pension fund has launched a new UK living sector platform with an initial £500m investment in rental homes.

Inland Real Estate Group’s business trust acquired the Flats at West Village in Charlottesville for $107 million, marking a significant expansion of The Scion Group’s student housing portfolio through a new strategic operating partnership.

Clark Contracts has completed a £16 million purpose-built student accommodation development, ‘The Pepper Mill,’ in Edinburgh for Danehurst, delivering 155 self-contained studios across five and six floors with extensive communal amenities.

Union Property Development secured a £22.6 million loan from Paragon Bank to convert a Category B listed office building at 250 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, into a 140-unit purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme.

Landmark Properties is developing The Mark Mansfield, a 738-bed off-campus student housing project with retail space at 134 N.

The 2025 GSL Awards for the UK, Ireland, and Europe were announced at Horizon 22 in London, recognising excellence in student living based entirely on feedback from over 100,000 students, making it the only sector awards fully powered by real student experience data.

The University of Glasgow has submitted a planning application to Glasgow City Council for a student accommodation development of 291 bedrooms on the Lilybank Gardens and Lilybank Car Park site, adjacent to its Gilmorehill Campus, with approval recommended at the 21 October 2025 planning committee meeting.

Barings funded the £30 million St Gabriel’s Court student accommodation project in Manchester, delivering 321 beds through a combination of refurbished heritage buildings and new-build elements near the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University.

The winners of the 2025 GSL Awards for the UK & Ireland and Europe were revealed last night at a spectacular ceremony following GSL...

Landmark Properties, the largest student housing developer in the United States, has closed on its first land acquisition in the United Kingdom, securing a prime site on William Road in central London. The sale, facilitated by the Student Property team of Knight Frank, will deliver a new development of 225 purpose-built student beds alongside high-quality amenity space.